Since November of 2007, I’ve been running a low-key contest on Twitter. It was very simple, I ran a couple of Perl scripts to archive any tweets containing @HenryMelton, which for the most part were replies to me about something. Once a month, I ran a second script that randomly pulled one of the userid’s… Continue reading Second Thoughts About My Twitter Contest
Popular Vs. Juried Awards
The whole micro-storm about Harlequin’s expansion into self-publishing has brought up a side point that has been an issue for me. The technical side of publishing has been brought under control. Any person with a bit of computer familiarity and a finished story can create and offer for sale a paper book or an ebook… Continue reading Popular Vs. Juried Awards
Since When Do Publishers Win Writing Awards?
I’ve been watching the reactions of the SFWA, the MWA and the RWA about Harlequin’s venture into assisted self-publishing. Basically, the fury is that Harlequin would lend it’s reputation to novels that are essentially unedited, and charge the novelist for the service. While I deplore the idea and think that it would do more damage… Continue reading Since When Do Publishers Win Writing Awards?